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Jamieson, Fausset & Brown on Genesis 16:1

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Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown · 19th-century historical commentary
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BESTOWMENT OF HAGAR. (Gen. 16:1-16) Now, Sarai . . . had a handmaid--a female slave--one of those obtained in Egypt.
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